DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The divorce rate in the Dominican Republic continues its upward trend, reaching a staggering 55 divorces per 100 marriages in 2022, according to Census 2022 data from the National Statistics Office (ONE). This represents a significant increase from the 41 divorces per 100 marriages recorded between 2011 and 2016.

The 55 divorces to 100 marriages in the Dominican Republic is high when compared to the statistics for the United States. The US divorces to marriages rate was around 43%, the result of 989,518 divorces to 2,315,440 marriages in 2022, according to a report by Bowling Green State University.

Diario Libre reported that in the Dominican Republic, the trend in divorces to marriages was temporarily interrupted in 2020 due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a reduced divorce rate of 35.16 per 100 marriages. However, as the country reopened...